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Gene sequencing reveals mutations in estrogen receptor

Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a type of mutation that develops after breast cancer patients take anti-estrogen therapies. The mutations explain one reason why patients often become resistant to this therapy.

4 Nov 2013

Orthopaedic foot and ankle MDs offer tips for diabetic foot care

It's American Diabetes Month, and if you're among the 25 million Americans who have diabetes, you may know that foot care is extremely important. Nervous system impairment, also called neuropathy, is a major complication of diabetes that can cause you to lose feeling in your feet. This means you may not know right away if you have hurt yourself, which could lead to infection.

4 Nov 2013

Study examines impact of sleep on children's eating behaviors

It seems everyone is looking for a culprit when it comes to childhood obesity: fast food, sugary drinks, super-sized everything. But it turns out part of the blame may lie with the simple matter of turning out the lights and rolling into bed.

4 Nov 2013

Neuroimaging findings indicate presence of 'fatigue-network' in individuals with MS

A new study by Kessler Foundation scientists sheds light on the mechanisms underlying cognitive fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis. Cognitive fatigue is fatigue resulting from mental work rather than from physical labor.

4 Nov 2013

Researchers discover new model for how kidney repairs itself

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have a new model for how the kidney repairs itself, a model that adds to a growing body of evidence that mature cells are far more plastic than had previously been imagined.

4 Nov 2013

Scientists make seminal breakthrough in understanding molecular basis of bile duct cancer

A team of scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Fundeni Clinical Institute (Romania) and Koen Kaen University (Thailand), have made a seminal breakthrough in understanding the molecular basis of bile duct cancer or cholangiocarcinoma, a rare but highly lethal form of liver cancer.

4 Nov 2013

Aerobic exercise improves memory in individuals with MS, shows study

A research study headed by Victoria Leavitt, Ph.D. and James Sumowski, Ph.D., of Kessler Foundation, provides the first evidence for beneficial effects of aerobic exercise on brain and memory in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS).

3 Nov 2013

Scientists uncover new mechanism through which gene expression is regulated

A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College scientists reveals a mechanism through which the expression of genes is controlled -- a finding that highlights genetic mutations that can impair the timing of gene expression.

31 Oct 2013

Prana's PBT2 effective in reversing memory, learning losses associated with aging process

Prana Biotechnology, a leading global developer of first-in-class treatments for neurodegenerative disease, has today announced the publication of an article in the peer reviewed Aging Cell showing the effects of PBT2 on neurogenesis and in reversing the memory and learning losses associated with the aging process, in normal (ie non transgenic) old mice.

31 Oct 2013

Researchers receive grant to develop new device that identifies healthy sperm cells for IVF

The World Health Organization estimates more than 70 million couples worldwide are unable to conceive each year, with close to a third of those cases attributable solely to issues with male fertility-including low sperm count and low sperm motility (a limited ability to swim).

31 Oct 2013

New finding could help lead to better treatments for eczema

For the millions of people suffering from the intensely red, horribly itchy skin condition known as eczema, the only thing more maddening than their disease is the lack of understanding of what causes it, or makes it flare up from time to time.

31 Oct 2013

New discovery unveils unequal geographic distribution of PCI capacity for treating heart attack patients

A multi-center team led by James Langabeer II, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has published a first-of-its-kind study in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) that examines unequal growth in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) centers relative to population and heart attack prevalence across the United States.

31 Oct 2013

Wake Forest Baptist provides guided relaxation, mindfulness meditation training to medical students

Doctors commonly tell patients that stress can be harmful to their health. Yet when it comes to reducing their own stress levels, physicians don't always heed their own advice.

31 Oct 2013

New insights into human cytomegalovirus may lead to development of therapeutic interventions

New insights into how human cytomegalovirus, the leading cause of birth defects associated with infection spreads from pregnant mother to fetus and from organ to organ in newborns provides translational researchers an exciting new avenue for investigation that may lead to the development of therapeutic interventions.

31 Oct 2013

Meclizine drug has the potential to treat certain infectious diseases and cancer

Meclizine, an over-the-counter drug used for decades to treat nausea and motion sickness, has the potential for new uses to treat certain infectious diseases and some forms of cancer, according to Dr. Vishal M. Gohil, Texas A&M AgriLife Research biochemist.

31 Oct 2013

Extra input pays bipolar treatment dividends

Customizing an implementation program to individual practices and providing proactive support improves the adherence of patients with bipolar disorder to Life Goals Collaborative Care, shows a randomized trial.

30 Oct 2013

Multidisciplinary team tests innovative heart failure therapy in global clinical trials

A multidisciplinary team of experts in heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart failure patients to potentially help relieve their debilitating symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath, and heart arrhythmias, while reducing their hospitalizations.

30 Oct 2013

ACA insurance coverage expansions could lead to increased emergency department reimbursements

Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) found that outpatient emergency department encounters could reimburse considerably more after implementation of the insurance coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

30 Oct 2013

Safe sleep environment can reduce risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

On the cover of a popular consumer magazine, the latest celebrity mom holds her adorable newborn. The centerfold is emblazoned with images of the baby's nursery with a crib filled with soft, frilly bedding, pillows and stuffed animals. Barbara Ostfeld cringes; the photos perpetuate a message she is trying to dismantle. The overstuffed crib, with all its beautiful accessories, is an unsafe sleeping environment for an infant.

30 Oct 2013

Early detection of heart disease opens up important possibilities of preventing late disease

Heart disease remains the number one cause of early disability and death in the western world and now, surprisingly, has also become the most frequent cause of early death in the developing world.

30 Oct 2013

Medical School News and Research

Gene sequencing reveals mutations in estrogen receptor

Orthopaedic foot and ankle MDs offer tips for diabetic foot care

Study examines impact of sleep on children's eating behaviors

Neuroimaging findings indicate presence of 'fatigue-network' in individuals with MS

Researchers discover new model for how kidney repairs itself

Scientists make seminal breakthrough in understanding molecular basis of bile duct cancer

Aerobic exercise improves memory in individuals with MS, shows study

Scientists uncover new mechanism through which gene expression is regulated

Prana's PBT2 effective in reversing memory, learning losses associated with aging process

Researchers receive grant to develop new device that identifies healthy sperm cells for IVF

New finding could help lead to better treatments for eczema

New discovery unveils unequal geographic distribution of PCI capacity for treating heart attack patients

Wake Forest Baptist provides guided relaxation, mindfulness meditation training to medical students

New insights into human cytomegalovirus may lead to development of therapeutic interventions

Meclizine drug has the potential to treat certain infectious diseases and cancer

Extra input pays bipolar treatment dividends

Multidisciplinary team tests innovative heart failure therapy in global clinical trials

ACA insurance coverage expansions could lead to increased emergency department reimbursements

Safe sleep environment can reduce risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Early detection of heart disease opens up important possibilities of preventing late disease

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